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Ève-Mary Thaï Thi Lac

Ève-Mary Thaï Thi Lac (born February 6, 1972) is a former Canadian politician. She served as a member of Parliament for the Bloc Québécois in the riding of Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot from 2007 to 2011.^[1] She was the first Vietnamese Canadian ever elected to the Canadian House of Commons.^[2]

Early life[edit]

Born in Vietnam to a Cham family,^[3] Thi Lac was adopted at age two by a Quebec family and grew up on a farm near Acton Vale.

Career[edit]

Prior to her election, she worked for her predecessor, Yvan Loubier, as an executive assistant in his constituency office.

Political career[edit]

She was elected to the House of Commons of Canada on September 17, 2007, as the Bloc Québécois candidate in the Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot by-election, defeating the Conservative candidate Bernard Barré.

She acknowledged that racism was a factor at the outset of her campaign, but stressed her local roots by joking that having grown up on a farm, she was the only candidate in the race who knew how to castrateapig.^[2] She later credited her willingness to simply talk to people as her most effective strategy:

I feel it enormously, but I explain my origins and people are receptive. I would say what scares people a little is difference, but when they speak to me, when they see me, when I am asked about my values, they see no difference between them and me.^[2]

She was re-elected in the 2008 election, but was defeated in the 2011 electionbyMarie-Claude Morin of the New Democratic Party.

Electoral record[edit]

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External links[edit]

• Ève-Mary Thaï Thi Lac – Parliament of Canada biography

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